Central Avenue station (MBTA)

CENTRAL AVE
Location Central Avenue off Eliot Street
Milton, MA
Coordinates 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W / 42.269965; -71.073249Coordinates: 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W / 42.269965; -71.073249
Line(s)
  Red Line – Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections MBTA Bus
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 19, 1882[1]
1929
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 521 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Ashmont
Red Line
toward Mattapan

Central Avenue is an MBTA transit station on in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. It serves the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Central Avenue off Eliot Street on the Boston-Milton border. Central Avenue consists of two side platforms which serve the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks. The station opened in 1929 along with the rest of the line. It closed on June 24, 2006, for a yearlong renovation of the line, and reopened on December 22, 2007. The station is wheelchair accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

MBTA Bus connections

  • 240 — Avon Square or Holbrook/Randolph Commuter Rail Station – Ashmont Station via Crawford Square, Randolph

References

  1. ↑ Jacobs, Warren (October 1928). "Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. 17: 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
  2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2012.


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